xv, 335 pages : 26 cm

Revised edition of: The heirloom garden. c1992

Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-322) and index

The Home Gardener's Guide to Growing, Preserving, and Landscaping with Heirloom Flowers -- The Education of an Heirloom Flower Gardener -- The Heirloom Flower Garden Book -- Growing Heirloom Flowers -- Plant Types -- Growing from Seed -- Sidebar: Sample Indoor Seeding Chart -- Soil -- Planting -- Maintenance -- Sidebar: Instant No-Dig Raised Beds on Sod Ground -- Preserving the Heirloom Garden -- Seed Saving -- Sidebar: Everlastings -- Wintering Annuals -- Plant Division -- Softwood and Hardwood Stem Cuttings -- A Simple Way to Propagate Old Garden Roses -- Layering -- Propagating and Preserving Bulbs -- No-Dig Garden Renovation -- Plant Collector's Guide -- Landscaping with Heirloom Flowers -- First Steps -- Design -- Furnishing the Heirloom Garden -- Specialty Plantings -- Period-Inspired Garden Designs -- Colonial Gardens of Use and Delight: 1600-1700 -- Native Flora in the Natural Garden: 1700-1850 -- Sidebar: How to Make a Quiggly Fence -- The Parlor Garden: Late 1700s-1850 -- Victorians: 1850 to early 1900s -- The American Cottage Garden, An Old-Fashioned Mix: late 1800s to early 1900s -- Sidebar: A Child's Arbor -- The Eclectic Garden: 1600-1950 Plus -- A Treasury of Heirloom Ornamentals, 1600-1950: Flowers, Herbs, Shrubs, and Vines -- Abelia -- Achillea -- Aconitum -- Adiantum -- Aegopodium -- Alcea -- Alchemilla -- Allium -- Anthemis -- Aquilegia -- Aristolochia -- Artemisia -- Asclepias -- Buxus -- Calendula -- Callistephus -- Campanula -- Canna -- Centaurea -- Clarkia -- Clematis -- Convallaria -- Cosmos -- Dahlia -- Dianthus -- Dicentra -- Digitalis -- Galanthus -- Galium -- Gladiolus -- Hemerocallis -- Hesperis -- Hosta -- Humulus -- Hyacinthus -- Hydrangea -- Impatiens -- Inula -- Ipomoea -- Iris -- Kalmia -- Lathyrus -- Lavandula -- Levisticum -- Lilium -- Lobularia -- Lonicera -- Lunaria -- Lupinus -- Lychnis -- Mahonia -- Malva -- Mertensia -- Mirabilis -- Monarda -- Myosotis -- Myrrhis -- Narcissus -- Nicotiana -- Nigella -- Paeonia -- Papaver -- Parthenocissus -- Pelargonium -- Petunia -- Phalaris -- Phaseolus -- Philadelphus -- Phlox -- Primula -- Pulmonaria -- Rhododendron -- Ribes -- Rosa -- Rudbeckia -- Salvia -- Sambucus -- Saponaria -- Spiraea -- Stachys -- Syringa -- Tagetes -- Tanacetum -- Tropaeolum -- Tulipa -- Valeriana -- Viburnum -- Viola -- Weigela -- USDA Hardiness Zone Map -- Noncommercial Seed Sources & Exchanges -- Plant Societies & Preservation Organizations -- Gardens to Visit

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